Data Scientist

Data Scientist with a background in Computer Science, Economics, and Econometrics. Loves building bespoke machine learning models to inform business actions. Enjoys learning, experimentation, and building things.

Harvard University

MPA/ID

Cambridge, USA

2016

Areas of study: econometrics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, data science, statistics, machine learning

Thesis: Redesigning India’s Urea Policy

University of Melbourne

B.Eng (Electrical) & B.Sci (Computer)

Melbourne, Australia

2004

Thesis: Adaptive Clustering for Network Intrusion Detection

Senior Data Scientist

Coles Pty Ltd

Melbourne, Australia

2019 - current

• Built forecasting engine for supermarket items at the store levels.
• Contributed to an internal package for discrete choice models.
• Led knowledge sharing on choice models and causal inference.

Senior Data Scientist

QuantumBlack, McKinsey

Cambridge, USA

2018 - 2019

• Pharma - Mined electronic medical records to understand causes of patient switching behavior.
• Disaster Recover - Developed Monte Carlo models to quantify uncertainty in key milestones to inform mitigation strategies.
• Chemical manufacturing - Identified root cause of variability in production yields. Optimized manufacturing process using genetic algorithms.
• Internal R&D - Contributed to an internal package for causal inference using Bayesian Networks.

Graduate Research Fellow

Centre for International Development

Cambridge, USA

2016 - 2018

• Developed statistical models to identify export sector growth opportunities at sub-national level in Colombia.
• Built collaborative filtering models to predict rural agricultural diversification and recommended possible areas for investment in Colombia.
• Used Collaborative Filtering and network analysis to understand patterns in global tourism using credit card transactions data.
  
  

Team Member/Economist

CEA’s Office, Ministry of Finance

New Delhi, India

2015 - 2016

• Contributing writer for the 2016 Economic Survey – Conducted analysis and wrote the chapter on fertilizer subsidy in the 2016 Indian Economic Survey.
• Policy reform for fertilizer – Demonstrated how current policy leads to shortages and black markets. Worked with Ministry of Fertilizer & Chemicals to design a new policy that is was presented to the cabinet.

Senior Associate

Clinton Health Access Initiative

sub-Saharan Africa

2012 - 2014

• Modelled the HIV diagnostics - CD4, viral load and EID (early infant diagnosis) - global markets scenarios.
• Negotiated lowered pricing with leading diagnostics manufacturers for viral load testing in sub-Saharan Africa that lead to a deal that will save $150 mil over 5 years.
• Assisted 7 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with rational selection and deployment of new diagnostic products.

Access to medicines/UNITAID Analyst

Clinton Health Access Initiative

Kampala, Uganda

2011 - 2012

Manager, Technology Consulting

Accenture Pty. Ltd

Melbourne, Australia

2005 - 2011

Redesigning India’s Urea Policy, Harvard Kennedy School,

MPA/ID Final Capstone Paper

N/A

2016

Economic survey of India

Ministry of Finance,

N/A

2016

An overview of the antiretroviral market

Current Opinion in HIV/AIDS, November 2013 - Volume 8 - Issue 6

N/A

2013

HIV Testing – Market Analysis

African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Cape Town,

N/A

2012

Adaptive Clustering for Network Intrusion Detection

PAKDD 2004: 255-259

N/A

2004